SPIRITUAL TERMS & CONCEPTS

The following list is comprised of terms and concepts used to check translation work.


Abba, Father

a male parent

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Anger

1) a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism
2) a threatening or violent appearance or state, rage

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Ashamed, Shame

a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety

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Baptize

to administer baptism (ritual cleansing by immersion in water)

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Blood

the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins

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Church

1) a building for public religious services and especially Christian worship
2) the local group or body of Christ followers

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Cross, Crucify, Tree

 to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross

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Condemn, Condemnation

to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation

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Death

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Jesus Christ

the Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as recorded in the first four gospels of the New Testament are the basis of the Christian message of salvation

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Joy

a feeling of great happiness or pleasure, delight

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Kingdom

a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical form of government headed by a king or queen

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Lamb

a young sheep

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Law

the written commands of God
a rule or order that it is advisable or obligatory to observe

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Lion

a large heavily built social cat (Panthera leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male

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Love

1) strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties
2) romantic attachment

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Nation

a territorial division containing a body of people of one or more nationalities and usually characterized by relatively large size and independent status

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Pray

to address God or a god with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving

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Repent

to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life

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Sheep

any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male

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Shepherd

a person who tends sheep

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Throne

the chair of state of a sovereign, high dignitary (such as a bishop), or royal (such as a king)

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Worship

to honor or show reverence for God or other supernatural being

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